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- From: szymon@uci.agh.edu.pl (Szymon Sokol)
- Subject: Re: Sun is violating the Ethernet-Spec with its
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- References: <1992Nov2.230122.6670@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> <1992Nov4.165432.4917@news.duc.auburn.edu>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1992 18:41:49 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov4.165432.4917@news.duc.auburn.edu> elling@eng.auburn.edu (Richard Elling) writes:
- >From: elling@eng.auburn.edu (Richard Elling)
- >Subject: Re: Sun is violating the Ethernet-Spec with its
- >Date: 4 Nov 92 16:54:32 GMT
- [part deleted]
- >Rule #1 for ethernets, turn off SQE. I know of no hardware made in a
- >*long* time that needs SQE. Unfortunately, many vendors ship ethernet
- >transceivers with SQE enabled. If you have SQE enabled, the transceiver
- >can put extra junk on the trunk that may contribute to collisions.
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- I was unable to get our old VAX-11/750 (DELUA card) connected to the Ethernet
- until I switched ON the SQE. Without that, the DECnet circuit was going
- up and down like a yo-yo, and TCP/IP did not work at all... What do you
- think of that? I remember reading somewhere that DEC needs enabled SQE...
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